Format Factory vs Freemake Video Converter

Format Factory is a free Windows program for converting and processing video, audio, pictures, discs, PDFs, and archives. Its video tools convert, clip, join, split, mux, crop, and remove logos; supported outputs include MP4, MKV, FLV, M3U8, 3GP, AVI, WMV, H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, and VVC/H.266. It supports batch conversion, hardware acceleration, output up to 4K, audio extraction, and repair of damaged video and audio. Audio functions include conversion, clipping, joining, splitting, and mixing. Picture tools handle WebP and HEIC conversion, zoom, rotation, flipping, and tags. It can rip Blu-ray, DVD, and Music CD content, join PDFs, convert them to text and office formats, and extract JPGs. It also decompresses Zip, RAR, and 7z archives and downloads video from sites including YouTube and Youku. The listed version is V5.22.0.0, with a download size of 162M, and it supports 62 languages. The official PC software and all functions are free; paid versions are described as pirated.

Freemake Video Converter converts video and movies between 500+ formats, with batch conversion, hardware acceleration, and output resolution up to 4K. It supports formats including MP4, AVI, WMV, MKV, FLV, 3GP, MPEG, DVD, Blu-ray, MP3, SWF, WebM, and OGG. You can extract audio to MP3 and upload multiple files at once. Editing tools cut, join, and rotate clips, remove black bars, limit output size, and add subtitles. Disc tools rip DVDs, burn DVDs and Blu-ray discs, and create DVD folders or ISO files. Device presets cover Apple, Android, PSP, Xbox, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei, Xiaomi, and BlackBerry. Converted files can be uploaded directly to YouTube or sent automatically to iTunes and iOS. The free license does not expire, and the Free plan costs nothing. Free conversions add a Freemake logo and omit 4x conversion speed and premium features. Windows requirements include a 1 GHz processor,.NET Framework 4.5, at least 256 MB RAM, and 50 MB of disk space.